ABB India expands Gujarat unit, to add traction motor plant for metro rail

Capacity pegged at 1,500 traction motors a year

Even as it expands its Gujarat facility at Vadodara by inaugurating a digital substation products and systems plant, ABB India is also planning to expand its traction motor output for locomotives and metro rail projects with a new plant at the location.

While the company supplies traction motors from one of the existing plants, Indraneel D, location manager-Vadodara, and regional division manager, large motors and generators-India, MEA and Latin America at ABB India said that a new plant is being set up with an annual capacity of 1500 motors per annum at Vadodara to cater to future demand.

Currently, the